The National Film decision to award two awards, including the Best director Sudipto Dream, invited a storm of critics in Kerala for The Keral Story.
The Chief Minister of Pinaraya Vijayan said in his statement indicating his protest that the jury had offended the noble tradition of Indian film, which was a religious fraternity and national integration by awarding a film that was built on a lie for gossip of Keral and spread communism.
“The beginning of a film that spreads obvious misinformation with a clear intention to twist Keral’s painting and sowing seeds of municipal hatred, the jury lent the narration rooted in divisional ideology Sangh Parivar. Keral, which has always been the most interesting. Dear, ”he published in X.
General Minister of Education V. Sivankutty said that the recognition of the story of Keral, a film that spreads hateful and unfounded accusations, has devalued all other awards.
“It is extremely regrettable that the national award is awarded a film that is full of unfounded accusations and hatred of propaganda. It is a recognition of attempts to create divisions in society. Such trends do not regulate well for the pluralism of our country,” he said.
Social media platforms were Apuzz with contributions criticizing the National Film Award for awarding the film. Before the film two years ago, various organizations from Keraly moved to the Supreme Court and demanded a ban. Although the Supreme Court and High Court in Kerala refused to stay in the film, the filmmakers had to remove the trailer for their claim to “32,000 women” from Keraral, who joined the IS. They also changed the trailer to say that it was a “compilation of real stories of three young girls”. They also added a statement to the film that it was a fiction.
The decision left the democratic front and the opposition united democratic front was connected in their opposition to the film, and most of the civil society also called it an attempt to perish the state. In Kerala, only Bharatiya Janata’s party approved openly.
Keral’s story of winning the National Award is a perfect example of how BJP sponsors and support hatred, said the Secretary General of the KC Venugopal Congress. The film deserves to be in the “garbage”. He sold “a rotten agenda and maligned my beautiful condition Keraly,” he added.
“This film, which has won the National Prize, is the most perfect example of how BJP sponsors and support hatred of the highest government strata,” said Alappuzha, adding that Kerala would never tolerate this insult received from her own country.
“Loving, welcome and fraternal people from Kerala will punish the BJP so hard that they don’t even dream of getting any admission for future generations,” Mr. Venugopal said.
The film also led to a rush of posts and videos of social media entitled “The Real Kerala Story”, which depicted stories about municipal friendship from the state. Documentary filmmaker Sana Kummil made the documentary The Unknown Stories of Keral, depicting six stories of municipal harmony from different corners of Keraral.
Published – 1 August 2025 9:51 IS IS
